I'm finding that on most links that are supposed to take you to another window actually don't. Something is broken and I'm hoping it can be fixed. I've set my settings to change the focus when a link is outside MR or on all links and I get the same problem.

The link took me to a new window - am using Firefox 3.6.7 on XP. Don't see any problems.

Which link? The link I posted or the link in the message I linked to?

I am using Firefox 3.6.6 on Windows 7 with Tab Mix Plus and it doesn't work like it used to. I've also tried it on MSIE 8 and it also doesn't work. The link in the message I linked does not take you to another window or tab.

The cause has been identified. We recently implemented various caching mechanisms to optimize performance; among it, we now cache forum posts including parsed links. I will see if this can be fixed somehow to still allow for custom settings in regard to how to open external links.